Living Above the Frost Line is a dwelling place for practicing poets. It is the home of poet, Nancy Simpson. Above the Frost Line we give ourselves some extra growing time. Yes, we know the hard freeze will come, but until it arrives, we shall grow and share our poems.

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My mother always said, "You are too sensitive!" I thought that was something bad. Later in the MFA Writing program, my major professor Heather McHugh declared I was indeed "sensitive" and she explained, "It is a blessing and a curse." I am, old now and I know the full power in being "sensitive." Mainly, the word explains what it means to be fully human as a humanitarian is human, the joy and the pain of it.

WHO DID HE THANK FIRST?

Kevin Costner, recent winner of the Lifetime Critic's Award (2015), thanked many, but at the time, his first thank you went "to the writers."

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AMERICAN LIFE IN POETRY

Ted Kooser's popular newspaper column AMERICAN LIFE IN POETRY featured Nancy Simpson's poem "Pink Pantsuit" in his column read by millions of readers weekly. "Pink Pantsuit was chosen from poems published in Living Above the Frost Line New and Selected Poems. The poem was first published by LIGHT YEAR.

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Congratulations

Hats Off to Nancy Simpson whose poem "Leaving in the Dead of Winter" was published in The Southern Poetry Anthology Vol. VII: NORTH CAROLINA, Texas Review Press."Our Great Depression" appears in the Southern Poetry Review, with a focus on Georgia poets. “Years Later - Still the Old Dream” was published on line at FutureCycle Press #27 and also in print. “First Responder” was published in the print anthology American Society - What Poets See, (FutureCycle Press.) Simpson’s poems “Aftermath” and “Mary Cassatt” were published in the poetry magazine Solo Novo (California.) “Studying Winter” was reprinted in the world-wide anthology Sunrise from Blue Thunder for Japanese relief after the earthquake/tsunami. Her poem “The Collection” was reprinted in the anthology Collecting Life - Poets on Objects Known and Imagined, with an introduction by Bill Brown professor of American Culture at U. of Chicago.

"Pink Pantsuit" was featured in AMERICAN LIFE IN POETRY, Ted Kooser's nationwide poetry column.

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LIVING ABOVE THE FROST LINE IS A DWELLING PLACE FOR PRACTICING POETS. IT IS THE HOME OF POET, NANCY SIMPSON. ABOVE THE FROST LINE WE GIVE OURSELVES SOME EXTRA GROWING TIME. YES, WE KNOW THE HARD FREEZE WILL COME, BUT UNTIL IT ARRIVES, WE SHALL GROW AND SHARE OUR POEMS.

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Living Above the Frost Line Reviewed by Jaimee Hills in INDY NEWS- This book a finalist

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Nancy,

What a fine article about you in the Asheville paper! It was such a smooth account of all the dimensions of your talents and contributions. I can imagine having it printed, blown up to poster size, and hung on my wall, adding only one of the really pretty pictures we have of you, too.

I hope this gave you even more pleasure than it has given us to read. There are so many of us that are privately clapping and cheering and saying "Hear, hear."

Keep up the good work because it sustains us all.

Love,

Ellen Andrews

WOW! I got the e-mail about your honor. Congratulations. I know you must be so excited. The news paper article was such a tribute. You have given so much to the network and to all of us as we have found our way through the writing maze.

NEW BOOK REVIEW - LIVING ABOVE THE FROST LINE Want to read?

A review of Living Above the Frost Line written by Rosemary Royston was also published in Prairie Schooner.

Nancy,

Congratulations for your honors by the Poetry Council of NC. That is wonderful! To me and every poet I know you are our queen! Love, Barbara Groce.

CONGRATULATIONS

I was thrilled to hear about the honors bestowed on you and your book by the NC Poetry Council. You are definitely worthy of that and more. I hope you are feeling deservedly proud. I'll hug you when I see you.

Love,

Karen Holmes

Praise for LIVING ABOVE THE FROST LINE, NEW AND SELECTED POEMS

“NANCY SIMPSON’S POEMS SPEAK WITH A VOICE that knows where it comes from, honoring that place and the web of relationships that exist within it. She can make the world shimmer in a single line. She can break your heart. She can sing. She does what a poet has to do, wake the reader into a fresh vision of reality.” —KATHRYN STRIPLING BYER, North Carolina Poet Laureate Emerita

“HARD-WON, SOMETIMES HARD-BITTEN, the poems of Living Above the Frost Line emerge from the page like daffodils from a snow bank: colorful, hardy and defiant. It is a privilege to be admitted into Nancy Simpson’s intense vision of the world, a pleasure to stand for a while in its light.” —FRED CHAPPELL, North Carolina Poet Laureate Emeritus

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ECHOES ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE

The NCWN West anthology, edited by Nancy Simpson, Echoes Across the Blue Ridge, Stories, Essays and Poems by writers Living In and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains, published by Winding Path Publishing, is available for purchase at only $16.00.

Poems by Nancy SimpsonJanice Townley MooreMaren O. MitchellKaren Paul Holmesand other nationally known poets who have donated their work to help in the recovery effort in Japan.This is a world wide project of Pirene's Fountain.

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About the Poet

Nancy Simpson's LIVING ABOVE THE FROST LINE, New and Selected Poems was published by Carolina Wren Press (N.C. Laureate Series, 2010.) She is the author of ACROSS WATER and NIGHT STUDENT, State Street Press, still available on WWW at Alibris and Books Again. Her poems have been published in Southern Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, The Georgia Review and other literary magazines.
"Carolina Bluebirds" was published in THE POETS GUIDE TO THE BIRDS, Anhinga Press). "Grass" was reprinted in the 50th Anniversary Issue of Southern Poetry Review: DON'T LEAVE HUNGRY ( U.of Arkansas Press.) Seven poems were reprinted in the textbook, SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN POETRY,(McFarland.) Two poems were published in SOLO CAFE, Two more poems were published in SOLO NOVO."In the Nantahala Gorge" was published in Pisgah Review. "Studying Winter" was reprinted in Pirene's Fountain Anthology and "The Collection" in Collecting Life Anthology.
Most recently, Southern Poetry Review Edited by James Smith, published "Our Great Depression," and The Southern Poetry Anthology Vol. VII: NORTH CAROLINA,Edited by William Wright, reprinted "Leaving in the Dead of Winter."